4/28/2025 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

x	Alicia		Hidayah	x	Mike B.
	Angela	x	Jacque		Michelle
x	Art		John		Nikki M.
x	Ben		Justine		Rayven
	Cami	x	Larry
	Crystal		Lien
x	David	x	Mariah
x	Don		Matthew
x	Elise	x	Michael B.
x	Emi	x	Michael M.

Guests:

Diego		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor
Taurise	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Daniel	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor

Meeting Theme: The Great Outdoors

Word of the Day: Magnitude (noun): Greatness of size or amount; of great importance or consequence. "Standing in the grate outdoors, she was struck by the magnitude of the mountains rising around her."

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah

• Toastmaster: Art

• Timer: Emi

• Grammarian: Michael M.

• Ah-Counter: Don

• General Evaluator: Jacque

• Topicmaster: Ben

• WordMaster: Elise

• JokeMaster: Michael B.

• WisdomMaster: Michael B.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: David

  Speech Title: Never Say Never

  Path: Presentation Mastery Level #: 1 Project Name: Introduction to Vocal Variety & Body Language Summary: David shared how his willingness to try new things he had previously said "never" to has enhanced his life and he encouraged us to "never say never." Evaluator: Mike B.
  

• Speaker #2: Alicia

  Speech Title: Perspective

  Path: Motivational Strategies Level #: 1 Project Name: Writing a Speech with a Purpose Summary: Alicia encouraged us to be open to perspectives that might be different from our own. Evaluator:  Mariah
  

• Speaker #3: Ben

  Speech Title: Grandpa’s Gambles: Lessons from the Card Table

  Path: Motivational Strategies Level #: 3 Project Name: Inspire Your Audience Summary: Ben encouraged us to learn and practice the lessons he grew up with playing Euchre with his grandfather: Evaluator: Larry

Table Topics Participants:

• Michael B.

• Don

• Michael M.

• Daniel (guest)

• Diego (guest)

• Elise

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: David

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Daniel (guest)

• Most Effective Evaluator: Mariah

• Spark Plug Award: Michael B.

Club Business & Announcements:

• Next week's agenda

• Nominations for next term's officers are still open, though elections will be held NEXT WEEK (5/5/2026). Roles that do not yet have a nominee are VPPR, VPM, and Secretary. Please speak to Mariah or Ben if you're interested in giving back to our club in this capacity.

Minutes taken by: Emi